Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation
We make our parks better places for people and planet.
We help put our parks at the centre of community life by running and supporting projects that support help keep us happy and healthy, make our parks nature rich and litter free and bring communities together.20 GoodGymers have supported Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation with 2 tasks.
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Flower power sand fans
Wednesday 21st April 2021
Written by Melanie Young (she/her)
An email request begging for help brought huge excitement to Bristol GoodGym with an urgent need to shift and spread 6 tonnes of sand across some space that had been lawn, to increase the wildlife and plants right in the heart of the city. GoodGymmers who were still at work spied on us from afar.
In the (not) shadow of City Hall on a gloriously sunny late afternoon, red t-shirts approached from all directions on foot and on bikes and 11 GoodGymmers split into their groups of a 5 and a 6 to be sand-shifters or sand-spreaders across a pleasing trapezium*, entitled to 4 of the 6 dumpy bags of sand.
Social distancing went vertical as Shreena enjoyed being the tallest GoodGymmer, standing on her sack of sand.
It was especially lovely to welcome Kate and Patrick to their first ever GoodGym session - we hope to see you again really soon.
Charlee, from the Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation and Joe from ParkWork (long-term friend of GoodGym) were super impressed with the speed of spreadage and after lots of hardwork we had a vote on further raking or a fitness session. Tge raking won and the sport Synchronised Socially Distanced Raking was born - already listed as a demonstration sport for the 2028 Olympics.
It was fantastic to be back in the heart of the city, getting fit by doing good.
*Maths is fun
Sun, C(hat) and Sand
Wednesday 21st April 2021
Written by Melanie Young (she/her)
The six o'clockers took over with a smaller bed to cover with "only" 2 tonnes of sand compared to the 4 tonnes of the 5 o'clockers, with increasing numbers of onlookers/supporters sitting in the evening sunshine on College Green.
Which meant far more artistic time after the heavy lifting of the Initial Spread, combined with the rectangular frame, for Sand Art.
A bright sunshine in the sunshine was followed by an interpretation of GG logo was declared as success with maximum points awarded.
Huge thanks to those who donated to the post-Greta fund to repair College Green back before the pandemic - we look forward to the flowering of 500sqm of wildflowers in the heart of our city. And aching a bit after the hard work.
